Australia’s new chief scientist has said he is open to the prospect of nuclear power playing a role in the country’s energy mix, but remained focused on forms of energy that were “available to help us right now”. On his first day in the job, Prof Tony Haymet said new energy-intensive technologies like artificial intelligence…
Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday that remove diversity, equity and inclusion from the US military, reinstate thousands of troops who were kicked out for refusing Covid-19 vaccines during the pandemic, and one that appeared to be aimed at transgender troops. Earlier on Monday, Pete Hegseth, who narrowly secured enough votes…
PRADA A three-storey scaffold structure carpeted in an Art Deco-patterned carpet by costume designer Catherine Martin was the jaw-dropping set at Prada. Catwalk looks included caveman style, fur-like shearling collars and vests, clothing pierced through with jewellery and cowboy boots. Backstage, co-creative director Raf Simons described the visual mash-up of genres, which spanned corsages to…
The Omagh bombing was the single worst atrocity of the Troubles. As the journalist Shane Harrison explains, it was carried out when hopes were high in Northern Ireland that the country would never experience such violence again – four months after the signing of the Good Friday agreement in April 1998. The car bomb on…
Dawn Staley on South Carolina women’s basketball’s 66-56 win vs LSU Hear what Dawn Staley said after South Carolina women’s basketball beat LSU 66-56 on Friday to snap the Tigers’ undefeated, 20-game long win streak. Dawn Staley built another dogged, dynamic, determined South Carolina women’s basketball team, one too good to allow Kim Caldwell a…
Coca-Cola has recalled its drinks in some countries across Europe after detecting “higher levels” of the chemical chlorate. Cans and glass bottles containing elevated levels of the substance were distributed in Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands since November, the company said on Monday. It added that five product lines had been shipped…